Category: Eye Candy for Today
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Eye Candy for Today: Adolph Menzel graphite drawing
Carl John Arnold, Adolph Menzel In the Morgan Library and Museum, use Zoom tab or download link. Menzel gives us a superbly adept rendering in pencil. The drawing feels at once finished and casual. Either the subject had a large head, or Menzel — after focusing on the portrait — compressed the figure somewhat to…
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Eye Candy for Today: Eakins’ Concert Singer
The Concert Singer, Thomas Eakins Link is to zoomable version on Google art Project; downloadble file in Wikimedia Commons; original is in the Philadelphia Museum of Art. There is an article on the painting on Wikipedia. This striking portrait by Thomas Eakins is here in Philadelphia, where I’ve had the pleasure of studying it many…
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Eye Candy for Today: Karl Spitzweg’s Childhood Friends
Childhood Friends, Karl Spitzweg Link is to zoomable version on Google Art Project, downloadable file on Wikimedia Commons, original is in the Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich. I love the illustrative qualities in the piece — the theatrical lighting, the narrative element and the caricaturish portrayal of the old friends, shown in an apparent reunion…
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Eye Candy for Today: Canaletto’s Capriccio with monumental staircase
A capriccio with a monumental staircase, Canaletto (Giovanni Antonio Canal) Pen and ink with gray wash, roughly 14 x 21 inches ( 36 x 53 cm). Link is to zoomable version on Google Art Project; downloadable file on Wikimedia Commons; original is in the Royal Collection, which also has a a zoomable version and a…
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Eye Candy for Today: Jan van Huysum still life
Fruit Piece, Jan van Huysum The link is to a zoomable version on Google Art Project; there is a large (14mb) downloadable image on Wikimedia Commons; the original is in the Getty Museum, which also has a zoomable image, as well as a large (18mb) downloadable image. Even among the highly detailed and superbly rendered…
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Eye Candy for Today: Manuel Ocaranza’s Love of the Hummingbird and The Dead Flower
The Love of the Hummingbird and The Dead Flower, Manuel Ocaranza Links are to zoomable versions on Google Art Project, downloadable version of The Love of the Hummingbird and The Dead Flower on Wikimedia Commons, originals are in the Museo Nacional De Arte of Mexico (no images). The Love of the Hummingbird is a charming…